HM Prison Parkhurst is a prison situated in Parkhurst, Isle of Wight.

Parkhurst prison is one of three closely associated prisons which are often referred to by the name of the well-known Parkhurst Prison itself: Camp Hill, and Albany. Parkhurst and Albany were once amongst the few top-security prisons in the United Kingdom, but were downgraded in the 1990s. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

The downgrading of Parkhurst was precipitated by a major escape: three prisoners (known to be some of the most dangerous murderers in the prison system) made their way out of the prison on 3 January 1995 to enjoy four days of freedom before being recaptured. Parkhurst especially enjoyed notoriety as one of toughest jails in the British Isles and "hosted" many notable inmates, including John Duddy, the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and the Kray twins. For a full account of the crimes involved, please see Harry Roberts. ... Peter Sutcliffe (born June 2, 1946), infamous as the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted in 1981 of the murders of thirteen women and attacks on seven more from 1975 to 1980. ... The Kray Twins, Ronnie (on the left) and Reg Ronald Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in North and East London in the 1960s. ...

Camp Hill is located 1 mile (1.6Km) to the west of Albany and Parkhurst, on the very edge of Parkhurst Forest. Originally an army barracks with a small estate of tree-lined roads with well-proportioned officer's houses (with varying grandeur according to rank) to the South and East. Having been converted to a borstal and later a low category prison. A large area of ancient and plantation woodland to the North-West of Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK. It extends from Carisbrooke(S) to Rew Street(N) and Horsebridge Hill(E) to Newtown(W). ... In the United Kingdom, a Borstal was a juvenile detention centre, prison or reformatory, an institution of the criminal justice system, intended to reform delinquent youths aged between about 16 and 21. ...